A Classic War film

Rating: 9/10 (3 August 2014)

The Longest Day is a epic war film, having three directors, a running time of nearly three hours and made on a grand scale. The Longest Day tells the story and events of D-Day from the British, American, German and French perspectives. There are many story from the Allies deciding on whether to invade, the German wondering where the Allies would invade, the airborne landings in Normandy to capture important strategic points, the bench landings and German commander's reaction to invasion and trying to get the Panzer Reserves into the battle. The Longest Day is a historically accuracy film as it shows all these parts of the conflict and is balanced between showing the story of the British, German and Americans and soldiers fighting on the ground and high command in headquarters. The Longest Day focuses on the military aspects, so threats the Germans and their generals simply as men doing their jobs. The battles were brilliant handled, especially with aerial shots showing the size of the actions. The Longest Day does suffer from a few bad performances and expository dialogue but it is a must watch for fans of war films and history buffs.